Written Informed Consent Act
In committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- House
- Sponsors
- 36
- Latest action
- Dec 19, 2025
What it does
The Written Informed Consent Act would require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to update an existing Veterans Health Administration directive on informed consent to include additional medication types beyond long-term opioid therapy. Specifically, the bill would expand VHA Directive 1005 to apply to antipsychotics, stimulants, antidepressants, anxiolytics, and narcotics. This change would affect veterans receiving these medications through the VA health care system by requiring written informed consent prior to their use. The bill aims to strengthen patient autonomy and safety in medication prescribing practices within the Veterans Health Administration.
No official summary is available here. This one was written by AI from the bill’s text.
Where it stands
Introduced (Done)
Committee (Current step)
Floor (Not started)
Law (Not started)
What moved
Who is involved
Sponsors
The lawmakers who put their names on it, lead sponsors first.
Where it goes next
While a bill can still move, the questions are about people and money.